2012 Youth Coaching Manual - AFL Community

Level 2 AFL Auskick Leader
This course caters for those who wish to take up the role of an AFL Auskick Centre co-ordinator or club coaching co-ordinator.
Requirements: Hold a current AFL Level 1 Coaching Accreditation.
Course duration: 30 hours.
Assessment: Participants are assessed practically either on the job or in a match environment.
Accreditation: Successful participants receive an AFL Level 2 Coaching Certificate, an AFL Coach ID card and their new
accreditation is entered onto the national coaching database.
AFL High Performance Coaching Course (Level 3)
This course is designed for Level 2 coaches involved in or aspiring to coach in the AFL, state leagues, TAC Cup, AIS/AFL
Academy or other elite programs. Coaches must apply to be invited to participate in the weeklong live-in program.
This is the highest accreditation offered by the AFL and covers in greater depth some of the competencies developed in
Level 2, while also covering up-to-date issues such as emerging technology, media relations and coaches as program managers
and mentors.
RE-ACCREDITATION
An AFL coach accreditation is valid for four years from the date that the accreditation was granted – usually December 31 in
the year of completing the course.
Level 1
Application to re-accredit should be made direct to the coaches’ local Regional Development Manager or State Coaching Manager.
To maintain accreditation, coaches must demonstrate that they:
• Continued to coach during the four years.
• Were a registered member of their Australian Football Coaches Association (AFCA) branch throughout the four years.
• Are prepared to sign the AFL Coaches’ Code of Conduct when seeking re-accreditation.
• Are prepared to submit to any screening procedures required at the time of re-accreditation.
• May have continued to undertake further education, formal or informal, to enhance their coaching abilities.
Levels 2 and 3
Application to re-accredit at Level 2 or 3 must be made direct to the State Director of Coaching or to the AFL National
Coaching Development Manager.
To maintain Level 2 or 3 accreditation, coaches must demonstrate the same requirements as above and provide evidence of
further coach development undertaken. In the form of:
• Courses undertaken, whether football specific or generic.
• Presentations made (e.g.: as part of a Level 1 or Level 2 coaching course).
• Articles written or submitted on coaching topics.
• Working with a mentor coach throughout the four-year period.
• Mentoring of other coaches.
• Any other evidence of coach development/improvement.
Note: Re-accreditation is not automatic.
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